ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,563,656, issued on Feb. 24, was assigned to SIGNIFY HOLDING B.V. (Eindhoven, Netherlands).

"Beam angle matching for multi-color fixtures" was invented by James William Preston (Westford, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of controlling light beam angles of light beams provided by a light fixture includes obtaining a narrowest and a widest beam angle values of a beam angle of a first light beam provided by a first cluster of LED-optics units and obtaining a narrowest and a widest beam angle values of a beam angle of a second light beam provided by a second cluster of LED-optics units. The method also includes controlling the f...